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The Use of Robots in Medical Surgery

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PASADENA, Calif. — St. Gregory Church Deacon Andy Ylitalo was invited as a guest speaker at St. Gregory’s Mens Forum to give a talk titletd “The Future of Operating Rooms and Surgeries.” It took place on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 6:30 pm.

Andy is from Minnesota. He has graduated from Stanford with a degree in Engineering Physics. He will be graduating from Caltech in Pasadena in June of this year with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.

Upon graduating, Andy will join Start-Up Company Ceevra, developing advanced visualization software for surgeons for more successful outcomes in cancer surgery.

After dinner was served, Chairman of the Men’s Forum Berj Gourdikian read Andy’s biography and then invited him to the podium. Andy’s presentation was augmented with a very appropriate slide show.

Andy began his presentation by reciting a verse from the Gospel of Mark. Mark, chapter 8, verse 25, which says: “Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.”

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Andy said that we need health care, because people are not perfect and the role of the technologists is to assist surgeons in the operating room. He further noted that the ultimate goal of technology is for the patient to stay out of the operating room as much as possible. Thus, he concluded, pain will be reduced and the patient will be able to go to work almost the following day.

Andy then dwelled upon the ways conventional surgery has changed.

Instead of colonoscopy, the patient will take a pill, which has a camera to take pictures.

Laparoscopy may be performed instead of a lengthy surgery. This is based on 2 small incisions. It requires less time in the operating room and less trauma for the patient.

There is also the Da Vinci surgical system. Here, the surgeon sits in a console and works with robotic arms. The procedure is viewed on a screen.

However, Andy said, the Da Vinci system is very expensive, to the tune of 2 million dollars. Hence, many companies are working on this procedure to reduce the cost and make it available to everyone in the near future.

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In conclusion, Andy reiterated that the future operating room will still have surgeons, doctors, and nurses. In a word, it will have the same people as before, but it will also have better procedures and better results.

Questions and answers followed the presentation and at the end, Deacon Vahe Charkhoudian presented Andy with a pin of the Armenian cross, which was put on his bosom by our pastor, Rev. Sarkis Petoyan.

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